Angled water union

[Elan1558]

Does anyone have a spare one kicking around ?

Mine’s been mislaid during the rebuild.

Cheers, Neil (UK)

[promotor]

Unusual to see an angled one - where does that go?

It looks like one you'd find in a Ford crossflow engine etc - if it is, it's probably a 3/8" NPT thread and not 3/8" BSPT as per Lotus. It also appears to be aluminium which isn't great going into aluminium. Lotus used brass ones which are more likely to come out when you want them to.

[512BB]

I have a box full of new old stock ones somewhere. Will have a look over the weekend and let you know.

Leslie

[geni]

Yes, I have it available, if you are interested in a personal message.
geni

[Elan1558]

Unusual to see an angled one - where does that go?

It looks like one you'd find in a Ford crossflow engine etc - if it is, it's probably a 3/8" NPT thread and not 3/8" BSPT as per Lotus. It also appears to be aluminium which isn't great going into aluminium. Lotus used brass ones which are more likely to come out when you want them to.

It’s for the +2 instead of the heater valve on the baby Elan.

[2cams70]

When using Aluminium fittings into Aluminum it’s always good to use some of that white Loctite anaerobic thread sealer on the threads. It seals the threads and therefore stops corrosion making the fittings much easier to remove next time. It doesn’t lock - just seals.

[elanman999]

Unusual to see an angled one - where does that go?

It looks like one you'd find in a Ford crossflow engine etc - if it is, it's probably a 3/8" NPT thread and not 3/8" BSPT as per Lotus. It also appears to be aluminium which isn't great going into aluminium. Lotus used brass ones which are more likely to come out when you want them to.

It’s for the +2 instead of the heater valve on the baby Elan.

That is normally a brass 90 deg elbow on a +2.
It needs to be 90 deg to mis the servo.

Cheers
John.